Tell HN: There needs to be a “right to speak with a human”

Re:Tell HN: There needs to be a “right to speak with a human” by sokoloff on Thursday March 24, 2022 @01:49PM (#30793207)

If no one offers GSuite or a similar competitor to you under terms that you find acceptable, do you have a right to demand that they offer “just like GSuite, only with an additional telephone hotline”?

For me, that answer is a clear no, in that you are not (and should not be) guaranteed that the market provides you such a choice nor does it offer you the choice to deny others the freedom to choose GSuite as it sits today in features and pricing.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Tell HN: There needs to be a “right to speak with a human” by thfuran on Thursday March 24, 2022 @06:18PM (#30796078)

Should we have minimum wage, FDA certification, or workplace safety requirements or should we let the market sort all that out too?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Tell HN: There needs to be a “right to speak with a human” by sokoloff on Thursday March 24, 2022 @06:45PM (#30796382)

Now that you’ve brought them in: I don’t think it should illegal to contract for work however you like and think that cannabis being an FDA Schedule 1 drug is a ludicrous overreach far out of proportion to the facts or what I think the proper mandate of government is, so yeah, I do think the individuals in a market often have a better answer than government bans on individual freedoms.

[ Parent | on HN ]